Focus on the Global South - Philippines Programme

Hacienda Luisita Farmworkers-Beneficiaries Vow to Make their Land Productive; Urge government to review other SDOs and distribute other landholdings under CARPER

The Farmworkers Agrarian Reform Movement in Hacienda Luisita (FARM-Luisita) and Save Agrarian Reform Alliance (SARA) today claim victory in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision to distribute Ha...

Why Land to the Tiller, Why Now

By Mary Ann Manahan, Focus on the Global South-Philippines/Southeast Asia Program

We are seeing the retreat of agrarian reform as a result of the Department of Agrarian Reform's (DAR) lackluster perfor...

Focus on the Global South will join thousands of “Water Warriors” at the Alternative World Water Forum

Every three years since 1997, the World Water Council (WWC), a Marseilles-based policy think tank run by the World Bank, development aid agencies like the United Nations, the major water corporations ...

EDSANGANDAAN airing on the Knowledge Channel

In celebration of the 26th Anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, Knowledge Channel presents the following programs to commemorate one of the most famous, well-known historical event in the ...

EDSAngangdaan: Directors

Their stories take center stage during the EDSAngangdaan Film Festival on December 7 (UP Film Center) and 8 (Bantayog ng mga Bayani). Click here for more information